A New York Times reporter gave an advance copy of a column by Maureen Dowd to a spokesperson at the CIA,the Politico reported Tuesday.

Newly available CIA records obtained by Judicial Watch,a conservative watchdog group,reveal that reporter Mark Mazzetti forwarded an advance copy of a Dowds column to the CIA  a practice frowned upon within the industry,the Politico said.

Mazzettis forwarded the column to CIA spokesperson Marie Harf,on August 5,2011. The column about Kathryn Bigelow-Mark Boals film Zero Dark Thirty,about the killing of Osama bin Laden,criticised the White House for having outsourced the job of manning up the presidents image to Hollywood, Politico reported. He reportedly wrote: this didnt come from me and please delete after you read. See,nothing to worry about!